Took me awhile to understand the whole “concept” of Basecamp, but I guess they took a page from Apple’s iTunes book where you have a library and create playlists to organize things as you like.īasecamp seems to be pretty fast and stable now, so they have come a long way. Last year one of the developers (from the same forum referenced in the article) said they would really like to update Mapsource to support the new models, but realistically he didn’t think they would ever get around to it.īut I’m like you Rich, I’m used to Mapsource and it seems easier to use. Mapsource does not fully support the new handheld models (62s, Oregon x50, Montana) because they are storing waypoints differently. It’s been pretty clear for awhile that this was coming. I suspect Garmin just doesn’t have enough programmers to support everything they’re doing, and this was the logical thing to cut. This is some really old Garmin software that they have completely removed from their own website. Geez, I still use nRoute myself on Windows 7 and it works great. They just aren’t going to improve it further, and they won’t fix it if Windows 8 (or whatever) breaks it. It’s still there and you can continue using it just like you always have. Well if you use Mapsource and like it, there’s no reason to say “crap”. What does MapSource still do well that BaseCamp doesn’t? And what, if anything, do you like about BaseCamp? Chime in below. So I’d like to crowdsource a bit more detail here, asking our readers a couple of questions. And it does bring new functionality not found in MapSource, like the ability to download and transfer BirdsEye imagery. It has improved quite a bit, but I’m still getting used to it. It is simple, intuitive and fast, whereas the new kid on the block – Basecamp - is complex and, at least early on, was slow as molasses. I still have a soft spot in my heart for MapSource. You are of course welcome to keep using MapSource, we will keep it on the website for the foreseeable future. …MapSource has not been worked on in quite a while, and there will be no new releases of that software. A Garmin developer let the cat out of the bag yesterday in a post on the Garmin forum… Alas, Garmin has stopped development on their MapSource mapping program – no further releases are planned. after each update or restart, wait about a minute because a popup may appear, asking you to restart or telling you it’s loading something else.Goodbye MapSource, hello BaseCamp. User webupdater to re install 8.20 version software Perform a hard reset, removing all user data: by restarting, and keeping your finger in the below right corner until it asks: remove all user data? Remove in /text en /voice everything that is not your local language The helpdesk guy warned me this could mess with the firmware, so only use it as a last resort. (use SEARCH to find it, using explorer, because it’s hidden). after 10 hours of struggling with Garmin Express I finally found out (with 2h helpdesk help) how to get Garmin Express find my device: delete the “gupdate” file. Windows isnt supposed to be smarter than any other software”?Īnyhow. Why can windows find my Garmin nuvi 3490 and why can’t Garmin Express find it?
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